Fun Facts!
What is one of the leading causes of hearing loss?
What is sound exposure
What is the vestibular system?
What is the sense of motion and balance
Does your outer ear ever stop growing throughout your lifetime? (hint: might be a trick question)
What is no
What generation is experiencing higher rates of hearing loss at younger ages?
What is Generation Z
What other sense do your ears affect?
Bonus: How does this happen?
What is your sense of taste
How many bones does your inner ear have?
What is three
Can you hear without your outer ear?
What is most likely
Which side of the ear is more powerful?
What is the right side
What do the hair cells in your ear help you do?
What is balance and hear
What does your inner ear contain?
What is the cochlea and the vestibular system
What is the medical term for your outer ear?
the auricle or pinna
What creates excessive vibrations of the eardrum?
What is sound
How many hair cells does your ear contain?
What is 20,000
What can you compare the size of the inner ear to? (hint: was on the slideshow)
What is a pencil eraser's circumference
Most of the "dirt" found on your outer ear is actually what?
What is tiny dead skin particles
Exposure to sounds at 120 decibels, like a rock concert, can cause ear damage in just how many minutes?
7.5 minutes
What "new" thing do you get every year?
What is an ear canal
What are the names of the bones in your ear?
What is the anvil, stirrup, and hammer
What does your outer ear do?
What is gathering sound energy and focusing it on the eardrum
What is the nerve that runs through your middle ear linking your taste buds to your brain called?
What is the chorda tympani